Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
County inventory for Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania is drawn from U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Nursing Home Compare / Home Health Compare (14,710 Medicare-certified nursing homes nationwide) with cost context from the private CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey - see our methodology. Home-health agency signature
15 Medicare-certified home-health agencies map into Lackawanna County (upper tercile, ≥2) beside 17 nursing homes - CareScout 2025 Pennsylvania medians + CMS Five-Star.
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Sheet PA-LACKAWANNA-PENNSYLVANIA · Lackawanna, PA
NH-MID · BEDS-MID · STAR-MID · HH-MID · RANK-HIGH · PHOTO-TIE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL
- NH-MID 17 homes
- BEDS-MID 2,142 beds
- STAR-MID 3.0★ avg
- HH-MID 15 HH
- RANK-HIGH #150/2,851
- PHOTO-TIE Stanislaus
- AL-MID $6,480/mo
- BOOK-FULL 17/17 NH · 15/15 HH
Photo-finish peer: Stanislaus County, CA (0 NH count).
Stamps lead with home-health agency tercile (high) plus nursing-home inventory, licensed beds, Five-Star county average, corpus NH-count rank, photo-finish peer, and CareScout assisted-living medians.
What a dense home-health map shows for Lackawanna County
Home-health coverage is the standout for Lackawanna County: 15 Medicare-certified agencies (upper tercile) sit beside 17 nursing homes and 2,142 licensed beds. CMS nursing-home stars average 3.0/5 on rated homes.
Dense inventory counties still price against CareScout 2025 Pennsylvania medians: assisted living $6,480/mo, semi-private nursing $11,954/mo, private nursing $13,688/mo, home health aide $6,483/mo, adult day $2,535/mo. Local Lackawanna providers may sit above or below those state medians, compare facilities, not just the headline count.
Star counts across Lackawanna County break as 4 at 1★, 3 at 2★, 3 at 3★, 3 at 4★, 4 at 5★. Ownership leans For profit - Corporation (53% of 17 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Allied Services Transitional Rehab Unit, Carbondale Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, Gino J Merli Veterans Center. Families typically weigh the ladder alongside bed size, ownership, distance, and specialty units before visiting.
Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.
Top facilities in Lackawanna, PA
Ranked by CMS overall star rating, not an editorial "best of" pick. Visit in person and consult a care professional before choosing.
- 1 5★
- 2 5★
- 3 5★
- 4 5★
- 5 4★
Nursing Homes in Lackawanna County
17 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.
| Facility | City | Rating | Beds | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allied Services Transitional Rehab Unit | Scranton | 5/5 | 51 | Non profit - Corporation |
| Carbondale Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center | Carbondale | 5/5 | 115 | For profit - Corporation |
| Gino J Merli Veterans Center | Scranton | 5/5 | 196 | Government - State |
| Green Ridge Care Center | Scranton | 5/5 | 95 | For profit - Corporation |
| Allied Services Skilled Nursing Center | Scranton | 4/5 | 327 | Non profit - Corporation |
| Saint Mary'S Villa Nursing Hom | Moscow | 4/5 | 112 | Non profit - Corporation |
| Scranton Health Care Center | Scranton | 4/5 | 44 | For profit - Corporation |
| Dunmore Health Care Center | Dunmore | 3/5 | 92 | For profit - Corporation |
| Marywood Heights | Scranton | 3/5 | 72 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Mid-Valley Health Care Center | Peckville | 3/5 | 38 | For profit - Corporation |
| Abington Manor | Clarks Summit | 2/5 | 119 | For profit - Corporation |
| Elan Skilled Nursing and Rehab, a Jewish Senior Li | Scranton | 2/5 | 145 | Non profit - Corporation |
| Oak Ridge Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center | Taylor | 2/5 | 142 | For profit - Corporation |
| Aventura at Creekside | Carbondale | 1/5 | 81 | For profit - Corporation |
| Aventura at Terrace View | Peckville | 1/5 | 272 | For profit - Corporation |
| Embassy of Scranton | Scranton | 1/5 | 139 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Linwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center | Scranton | 1/5 | 102 | Non profit - Corporation |
Home Health Agencies in Lackawanna County
Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.
| Agency | City | Quality Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Home Health Care Professionals | Olyphant | 5.0 |
| Personal Home Healthcare and Hospice | Blakely | 4.5 |
| Residential Healthcare of NE Pa, LLC | Moosic | 4.5 |
| Revolutionary Home Health Inc | Eynon | 4.5 |
| Allied Services Home Health | Clarks Summit | 4.0 |
| Commonwealth Home Health of Moses Taylor | Scranton | 4.0 |
| Interim Healthcare Services of NE Pa, Inc. | Blakely | 4.0 |
| Traditional Home Health Care | Dunmore | 4.0 |
| A Blessing Hand Home Health, LLC | Scranton | 3.5 |
| Allcare Home Health Inc | Moosic | 3.0 |
| Advanced Home Health Care Specialists Inc | Dunmore | 2.0 |
| Aveanna Healthcare | Olyphant | N/A |
| Bayada Home Health Care, Inc. | Clarks Summit | N/A |
| Caregivers America Home Health Services, LLC | Clarks Summit | N/A |
| Interim Healthcare Services Inc | Blakely | N/A |
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Nationwide counties with similar care inventories
Two CMS peer sets for Lackawanna County, PA, both outside PA so the neighborhoods are not state containment (the Pennsylvania overview below stays the geo path).
Similar nursing-home inventory
Nearest other-state counties by certified nursing-home count (17 here).
Similar home-health inventory
Nearest other-state counties by mapped home-health agency count (15 here).
Continue on the Pennsylvania elder-care overview or the highest-rated states ranking. Costs shown are Pennsylvania state-level medians from CareScout 2025 (county-level cost data is not available).
Read our methodology - how CMS Care Compare and CareScout 2025 are joined for Lackawanna County.